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Date Sent: 2009-07-07
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, July 7, 2009 AM edition |
1 in 10 Social Security numbers guessed -- Asia stocks struggle, yen gains on recovery doubt
CFTC Floats Rules Aimed at Speculation -- Cutting Health-Care Costs by Putting Doctors on a Budget -- U.S.-Russia Nuclear Agreement Is First Step in Broad Effort -- Fresh protest breaks out in Xinjiang -- OAS tells Honduras it can't drop out, but weighs kicking it out -- NY al-Qaida suspect wants to 'make peace' with USA -- Amendment Gives AG Power to Decide Who is a Terrorist -- As California struggles, Fitch cuts debt rating to BBB -- Subprime default rate as high as 49% -- San Francisco commercial property values in free fall -- Celebrating the Fight for Freedom on the Fourth - by Ron Paul
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News Link • Economy - International
Asia stocks struggle, yen gains on recovery doubt
07-06-2009
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Reuters
Asian stocks edged up slightly on Tuesday but struggled after a
slide the previous day, while the yen held gains against
higher-yielding currencies as investors doubt the speed of the global
economy's recovery. A bleak U.S. jobs report last week has prompted portfolio managers
to reassess how quickly economies around the world can return to growth
after the deep recession, spurring a pull-b
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News Link • Obama Administration
CFTC Floats Rules Aimed at Speculation
07-06-2009
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Washington Post
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will consider new measures to
curb speculation in the markets for energy and other commodities, the
agency is set to announce today.
The move aims to reduce the volatility of prices but faces
resistance from top Wall Street firms, which fear the efforts could cut
into profits. Regulators and lawmakers increasingly worry that these
firms have used their size and power to inflate the prices of
commodities, booking profits in the process.
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Cutting Health-Care Costs by Putting Doctors on a Budget
07-06-2009
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Time
What if you went to your doctor, suffering from congestive heart
failure, and your doctor had been given a limited budget from your
insurance company to treat you? If he were to go over cost, he would
pay out of his own pocket. [comforting] If he spent less than the allotment " and
you were satisfied with your treatment " he would keep some of the
change.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Americans Continue To Arm Themselves
7/06/09
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Lew Rockwell
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Americans say gun sales are up in the United States because of a fear of increased government restriction on gun ownership.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 23% say gun sales have risen because of a fear of increased crime. Twenty-one percent (21%) are not sure.
Sixty-three percent (63%) of men say the threat of more gun control is behind increased sales, compared to 51% of women. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of whites agree, while African-Americans are more closely divided on the question.
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News Link • China
Fresh protest breaks out in Xinjiang
07-06-2009
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AP
A fresh protest has broken out in the capital of China's volatile
Xinjiang region, with a large group of protesters blocking a main road
in a stand-off with security forces.
The demonstration comes two days after at least 156 people were killed in ethnic violence in Urumqi.
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News Link • World News
OAS tells Honduras it can't drop out, but weighs kicking it out
07-06-2009
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McClatchy News
The new government in Honduras may want to wash its hands of the
Organization of American States, but the OAS says no, not that way " if
there's to be any severing of ties, it'll be the OAS that does it. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/71270.html
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News Link • Immigration
The El Paso Miracle
07-06-2009
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Reason / Radley Balko
Numerous studies by independent researchers and government commissions
over the past 100 years repeatedly and consistently have found that, in
fact, immigrants are less likely to commit crimes or to be behind bars
than are the native-born. This is true for the nation as a whole, as
well as for cities with large immigrant populations such as Los
Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Miami, and cities along the U.S.-Mexico
border such as San Diego and El Paso.
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